For decades Anna Teresa Callen taught Italian cooking to thousands of appreciative students. Working out of The Village in New York City, Anna taught, wrote, ate and surely laughed. This recipe comes from her marvelous 1981 treatise The Wonderful World of Pizzas,...

I love my Bananas Foster. My agreement with Suzi, Clause 4.3.1a in the marriage contract, is that I can make it once a year. Here’s a post from a couple of years ago with British Isles take on Bananas Foster that even Suzi likes. Rum is good. Suzi’s lawyer was a...

Winter is now upon us. Meals need to be warm and hearty and they must, simply must conclude with dessert. How about a tart tatin? Oh, if I say “tart tatin” possibly apples spring into mind. Perhaps a whiff of cinnamon. Probably not caramel and surely not bananas. How...

It’s a Red Flag day upstate. The temperature will be in the 70’s, for the first time in six months. But the winds will be high, perhaps 35 mph. That’ll scatter all the fall leaves that remain. Mine will blow away, but I’ll inherit my neighbors’. The net effect is that...

I love my Bananas Foster. My agreement with Suzen, Clause 4.3.1a in the marriage contract, is that I can make it once a year. Suzen’s lawyer was a nice man, but, fortunately for me, not comprehensive. Here’s a recipe that is not, I would maintain, Bananas Foster. And...